Context: Russian propagandist: CEO and General Director of Channel One and Public Russian Television (ORT) The CEO of Channel One. Ernst was a key participant in the operation to deprive Boris Berezovsky of control over ORT (since 2002 'Channel one') during the period of Vladimir Putin’s strengthening of power in 2000 and the subsequent transformation of the channel into one of the main tools of state propaganda in Russia. Ernst’s Channel One made a significant contribution to advocacy for acts of international aggression by the Russian regime and crimes against humanity, including the war with Georgia, the occupation and annexation of Crimea, and the war with Ukraine, the downing of MH-17 flight, etc. General Director of JSC Channel One Russia